Fact-check: “The US has the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
The US federal statutory corporate tax rate has been 21% since January 2018, and the combined federal-plus-state rate is roughly 25.6%. Multiple OECD countries exceed that: France's rate is 36.1%, Malta and Colombia are at 35%, Germany at 30.06%, Portugal at 29.5%, and Italy at 27.8%, among others. The OECD's own 2026 Corporate Tax Statistics report confirms at least 25 jurisdictions have statutory rates at or above 30%, and the US rate sits below the OECD member average of 24.2% on the federal…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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